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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
4
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The Woolworth and Kresge chains of 10 cent stores are reported to be not purchasing any merchandise from Japan, reflecting a stance against Japanese goods.
A report recalls Onka Franzen of Steele City being older than in a past year. Lloyd and Fern Hurst visited from Beatrice on a Wednesday. The Hurst party viewed a Lentz auto demonstration and Fern visited her father at the Record office.
A 17 year old Chicago girl swallowed a six inch teaspoon while eating ice cream on Christmas day. She required surgical removal but is reported to be recovering.
Timely bulletins available at the Farm Bureau office include Extension Circular 1706 How to Use Water on Trees Extension Circular 609 Comparing Feed for Dairy Cows and Extension Circular 139 Atlas Sorgo in Nebraska.
Editor visits Mr and Mrs George Arnold in Geneva last Sunday and finds them well settled in a newly purchased home. Several children gather for Christmas while the family remains dispersed from Fairbury to Boston with two sons and a daughter in the bean city. It is noted the social security act may eventually cover domestic workers, a group not included in the original act alongside farm hands, now shrinking in importance in these parts due to power machinery.
The United States Biological Survey and the Carnegie Institution of Washington have launched a research post to aid fur farmers. The goal is to improve breeding results within the short spring season of three to four weeks.
Special invitation brought L M Cavett to Geneva forenoon turkey dinner at the hospital home of Miss Anna Eggenberger. The Swiss style meal featured traditional breads and cookies with winter Swiss scene centerpieces. Guests included Carl Eggenberger, Dr. J. Bixby, Isabelle Bixby, John Bixby, Mr. and Mrs. Cavett.
Local chatter recalls an old fashioned boot-jack and asks who might have owned one in the area. The quip nudges nostalgia about simple tools and homegrown ingenuity.
Forty years ago this week the Record reported that Japan was preparing for war with Russia as Moscow attempted to gobble up Chinese territory. The piece framed the clash as a regional crisis tied to shifts in Far East power dynamics.
The January first enactment grants women in the Virgin Islands equal voting rights with men, placing the territory on the same electoral footing as the United States and other possessions.
The Diller Telephone Company cleared a stack of old telephone poles on its lot near the pump station, cutting them into kindling as they were useless for other purposes.
United States News reports Uncle Sam will conduct a census of all horned animals roaming 142,000,000 acres of public range. The count includes deer antelope elk and other wildlife across designated lands.
The Journal notes the oil test well 19 miles southwest of Fairbury is down 3237 feet and approaching the Wilcox sand, where signs of oil are expected. The item hints at ongoing exploration and cautious optimism about a new noble experiment.
Mae West can get away with anything in movies but not on the air. A recent Sunday broadcast drew loud outcry from radio listeners prompting the National Broadcasting Company to ban her name from use on its system.
Mr and Mrs Charles Barber spoke with granddaughter Donna Weddle in Sterling Colorado on Christmas morning. Donna works at the Woolworth store in Sterling and could not visit Diller this year.
As work progresses at the court house the WPA project shows a neat appearance. The long running effort fixes the building in need of repair with new maple floors wallpaper and refinished woodwork completing the interior program.
Burglars broke into the Clyde Dempster residence at Beatrice between six and nine o'clock while the owners were away. About $2000 in jewelry and furs were stolen including a Hudson seal coat a Russian sable neck piece two cameos a diamond wrist watch and a diamond ring. The Sun reports the theft was carried out by professionals who worked methodically.
Frank Cavett writes about days in his Canadian home with sun from 9 a m to 4 p m and brief darkness. He notes intense daylight in summer with only about three hours of darkness in twenty hours, eight inches of snow, and a thermometer near thirty degrees. He forecasts temperatures near 50 to 55 degrees at Christmas.
A Silver Wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs W McKinley nee Ginda Miller took place in Los Angeles at Pico Heights Christian church social hall with a Christmas dinner a toast shower of silver dollars and gifts including a gold wrist watch and a full silver service. Attendees included Rev Merle Fish and family plus many Clark Miller and Diller relatives from California Kansas and Washington with travel delays causing late arrival for Diller relatives.
The year closes with mixed health notes as Mrs Stahl and Mrs Mayborn recover from illnesses and attacks, Mr Malstead nurses a finger injury, Mrs Cavett and Mr Watson show little change, Mrs Meyer breaks a shoulder, young Robert Wrigley recovers from stomach and bowel trouble, and others remain frail or improving. The doctor counts typical sickness deaths births and no epidemics.
Harry Bernard and Johnny Behrends of Buxton Iowa arrived Thursday to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Anderson. La Moiie and Wilhelmina Behrends joined from Kansas City while Ira Anderson and family from Steele City also gathered. Marvin Anderson and wife returned to Kansas City Sunday. Wilhelmina extended her stay.
Mr and Mrs Louis Waggoner of Fairbury served as carers at the Win Bund home Monday evening. Mrs Waggoner and Mrs Boud are first cousins.
Blue Flame coal advertised as reasonably priced and wax or treated shown by C L Geer Lumber and Coal. Phone 153 02.
Mrs. Quinter Fry hosted the N. C. S. A. Club on Wednesday December 22 with a Christmas tree and gifts. Mrs. Ina Hill was welcomed as a new member, Betty Eick helped distribute packages, and Mrs. Fanders shared prizes with Mrs. Martha Clark who plans to move to Omaha. Refreshments followed and the group set January 12 for the next gathering.
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